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Alcatraz Escape — Part 5
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D ererrpererrcier ron: 561ist M. P. Detachment, San
Francisco Presidio, arranged for patrol of the Fort Cronkhite
and Kirby Beach areas during the evening of June 15, 1962, and
during the daylight hours of June 16, 17, 1962. ‘This area is
cn the ocean side of Marin County about 3-4 miles northwest of
the Golden Gate Bridge.
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
Special Agents of the FBI conducted a visual search of
the San Francisco coastiine from the Golden Gate Bridge encom-
passing the shore from Old Fort Point to the east end of the San
2rancisco Yacht Club on June 13, 14, 1962,
ANGEL ISLAND
one and one-quarter miles north of Alcatraz Island, between
Aleatraz and the Marin County Bay shoreline. It is rugged
terrain, parts of which are 750 feet above the water. Only a
small part of this island is used as a picnic area and is main-
tained by the California State Park Service. ie
, 561st M. P.
Mis Detachment, San Francisco Presidio, led a detachment of 35
Bee Military Police and soldiers in a search of Angel Island on.
et June l2, 19602. A small group of Milita Police 1 jeft on this
eee island overnight. On the following ‘ay CA n222
ana available 134 soldiers who worked with S$ al Agents of the FBI
=~ in a massive detailed search of Angel Island, including more than
100 deserted buildings. Coupled with this search was a search
by Special Agents in small boats of the Angel Island beaches,
some of which were inaccessible from the ground. No evidence was
an found to indicate the Escapees ever reached this island.
DEBRIS BOATS
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When this investigation was instituted on June 12,
1962, it was arranged that the U. S. Army Corps of Rngineers
debris boats, which constantly sweep the Bay of flotsam, would
report any suspicious objects retrieved. On June 14, 1962, one
of these boats picked up two olive drab wallet type packets from
a whirlpool approximately one-half mile east of Alcatraz Island
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